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Voters in western San Antonio are choosing a successor for state Rep. Jose Menendez, who left office in February to become a Texas senator. Four Democratic candidates squaring off are former San Antonio City Council member Delicia Herrera, ex-Bexar County …

Kansas voters have elected Republican Ken Selzer, an executive managing director at reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, as the state’s new insurance commissioner. He defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson by a vote of 62 percent to 38 percent, according to the Kansas Secretary …

Californians voted against two measures opposed by the insurance industry, and reelected incumbent Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Election results from Tuesday show the Democrat Jones won reelection with 56.3 percent of the vote. He defeated Republican challenger Ted Gaines, who had …

The candidates for Kansas insurance commissioner are having a forum in October in Wichita. The event is Oct. 17 at the Wichita Marriott hotel and is sponsored by the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents. The forum is part of an …

Voters in the Republican primary in Oklahoma will decide who will be the state’s next regulators of both the insurance industry and a wide range of other businesses overseen by the three-member Oklahoma Corporation Commission, including the important oil and …

A Kansas City-area businessman has launched his campaign for Kansas insurance commissioner, with the state’s previous first lady serving as honorary chairwoman. Dennis Anderson of Overland Park is the first announced Democratic candidate in this year’s race to replace three-term …

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler won nearly six in 10 votes in his re-election bid, giving him bragging rights as the U.S.’s longest currently serving insurance commissioner. Kreidler won 57.7 percent of the vote, while insurance broker John Adams, his …

Republican and incumbent North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm handily won re-election against his Democrat challenger Tom Potter. Hamm received just over 63 percent of the vote to Potter’s 36.5 percent. Hamm ran on a three-C platform: common sense insurance …

Incumbent Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler won 57.7 percent of the vote in his re-election bid for state insurance commissioner, giving him bragging rights as the U.S.’s longest currently serving insurance commissioner. The Democrat Kreidler, a former state legislator and …

Millions of dollars have been pumped into typically low-spending Texas Legislature races in recent weeks by groups hoping to limit the amount of money that can be awarded in lawsuits and attorneys fighting such restrictions. Texans for Lawsuit Reform and …